This issue was about individuals and the targets were specific. This was something personal.Thailand’s national police chief, Gen. Prewpan Dhamapong • Discussing recent attacks committed by Iranians in his country. Here’s the big reveal: They now “know for certain that (the target) was Israeli diplomats.” This bolsters Israel’s evidence that a series of diplomatic attacks earlier this week might’ve been tied to Iran.
Indian security and forensic officials examine a car belonging to the Israel Embassy after an explosion tore through it in New Delhi on Monday. The driver and a diplomat’s wife were injured, according to Indian officials. A second bomb was defused outside the Israeli Embassy in Tsiblisi, Georgia; prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the apparently coordinated incidents on Iran. (Photo: Mustafa Quarishi / AP via the Washington Post)
It wouldn’t be the first time an embassy attack was pinned on Iran, whether or not it was actually the case.
Iran Reenacts History With a Giant Cardboard Cut-Out Ayatollah
On this day in 1979, Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned home after 14 years in exile. This morning, the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran reenacted the very important moment in their country’s history with a very bizarre ceremony — and a cardboard cut-out of Khomeini. Read more.
[Image: Mehr News Agency
In related news, my cardboard cut-out of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini went missing three days ago … and now we all know the culprits.
Today in fodder for upcoming Sacha Baron Cohen movies.
With fragmentation, core al-Qaeda will likely be of largely symbolic importance to the movement. Regional groups, and to a lesser extent small cells and individuals, will drive the global jihad agenda both within the United States and abroad.Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper • Suggesting that the days of al-Qaeda being a relevant centralized group are over, while emphasizing their long-term relevance. Clapper also had some tough words about Iran worth heeding: Citing an attack on a Saudi ambassador to the U.S. last year, he says that “some Iranian officials — probably including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei — have changed their calculus and are now more willing to conduct an attack in the United States in response to real or perceived U.S. actions that threaten the regime.” He’s suggesting that Iran’s not afraid of attacking inside the U.S. That’s a big deal, guys.
Ron Paul just suggested that the U.S. have already committed an act of war against Iran, and blocking the Strait of Hormuz would be Iran’s retaliation. He suggests it’s a bad idea to escalate things: Regarding the American people, “they certainly don’t want a hot war in Iran right now,” he says.
“I think the pressure of the sanctions, the diplomatic pressures from everywhere, Europe, the United States, elsewhere, it’s working to put pressure on them,” Panetta explained on Sunday. “To make them understand that they cannot continue to do what they’re doing. Are they trying to develop a nuclear weapon? No. But we know that they’re trying to develop a nuclear capability, and that’s what concerns us. And our red line to Iran is, do not develop a nuclear weapon. That’s a red line for us.”
Important part bolded with italics. (thanks nhaler)
How it happened: Mostafa Roshan was being taken to work when two people on a motorcycle attached a magnetic bomb to the side of his car, which then exploded. Roshan was killed in the blast, and his driver suffered fatal wounds. Roshan, the deputy director of commerce for the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, was likely targeted for his prominent role in the facility, which is at the center of a major controversy over what the U.S. sees as a push by Iran to create nuclear weapons. Roshan, in his role, would likely have been in charge of procuring materials to build nuclear fuel. The U.S. has denied any role in his death. source
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I want to categorically deny any United States involvement in any kind of act of violence inside Iran. We believe there has to be an understanding between Iran, its neighbors and the international community that finds a way forward for it to end its provocative behavior, end its search for nuclear weapons and rejoin the international community and be a productive member of it.Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton • Defending the U.S. from allegations that they were behind a bombing that led to the death of an Iranian nuclear scientist. Despite this claim, the Iranian government pointed its finger at Israel and the U.S., saying they placed a magnetic bomb on Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan’s vehicle. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, declined making a statement on the bombing; many diplomats and analysts in Washington feel that Israel may be behind the series of covert killings of prominent Iranian nuclear scientists over the past two years. No matter whether the U.S. is involved, the attacks are nonetheless ratcheting up tensions between Iran and the West at a tough time for said tension. source (via • follow)
Ahmadinejad, Chavez joke about having nuclear weapon: Could this photo and this headline juxtapose better? Probably not.
He has 20 days to appeal under Iranian law: Amir Hekmati, a 28-year-old former U.S. Marine who holds dual Iranian and American citizenship, was sentenced to death ”for cooperating with the hostile country … and spying for the CIA,” according to Iran’s Fars news agency. His family disputes the claims, saying they believe the verdict wasn’t fair. ”Amir is not a criminal,” they said in a statement. “His life is being exploited for political gain.” source
Santorum, on why it’s bad for Iran to have nukes: “When your principle virtue is to die for Allah” … it encourages them to use nuclear weapons.
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